Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

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	June 3, 2017	May 28, 2016
Flocks, net of accumulated amortization	$98,059	$94,312
Eggs	14,911	11,519
Feed and supplies	47,722	48,968
	$160,692	$154,799

We grow and maintain flocks of layers (mature female chickens), pullets (female chickens, under 18 weeks of age), and breeders (male and female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to hatch for egg production flocks). Our total flock at June 3, 2017, consisted of approximately 9.5 million pullets and breeders and 36.1 million layers.

The Company expensed amortization and mortality associated with the flocks to cost of sales as follows (in thousands):

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	June 3, 2017		May 28, 2016		May 30, 2015
Amortization	$	118,859	$	106,459	$	108,570
Mortality	5,213		3,665		3,803
Total flock costs charge to cost of sales	$	124,072	$	110,124	$	112,373